Spanish Short Stories for Beginners: Improve Your Reading and Listening Skills in Spanish

Learn Spanish and improve your Spanish listening skills with these short stories. Gain a greater vocabulary that you can use immediately, every day. You will add 1500+ Spanish words and expressions to your repertoire through the encounter of descriptive sentences and casual conversations woven throughout the stories.

Now you can take a shortcut to Spanish vocabulary by learning 1,000 of the most common Spanish words covering 26 themes - with no need for rote memorization. All you need is six to seven minutes per day to listen to audio drills. The exercises will teach you 20 to 25 Spanish words each day through a repetition method designed to help you grasp the words naturally.

An exciting, nontraditional approach to language learning with the easy, relaxed appeal of an audio-only product. No books. No rote memorisation. No chance of failure. This download contains the entire course.

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Learn Spanish with Stories for Beginners: 10 Easy Short Stories with English Glossaries

This book makes use of simple yet entertaining stories to help you learn Spanish. By covering a diverse range of grammar structures and vocabulary, and supplementing it with audio, you can improve your reading and writing skills, and even practice your listening and pronunciation.

Michel Thomas Beginner Spanish, Lesson 1

The Michel Thomas Method teaches everyday conversational language that will allow you to communicate in a wide variety of situations, empowered by the ability to create your own sentences and use the language instinctively, having absorbed the vocabulary and grammatical structures. These all-audio courses were perfected over 25 years by gifted linguist and teacher Michel Thomas, and provide an accelerated method for language learning that is truly revolutionary.

Each lesson in lessons 1 to 5 provides 30 minutes of spoken language practice, with an introductory conversation and new vocabulary and structures. Detailed instructions enable you to understand and participate in the conversation. Each lesson contains practice for vocabulary introduced in previous lessons. The emphasis is on pronunciation and comprehension and on learning to speak Mandarin Chinese.

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Spanish: Short Stories for Beginners: 9 Captivating Short Stories to Learn Spanish & Expand Your Vocabulary While Having Fun

Are you bored of the traditional methods people tell you to use to learn Spanish? Are you bored of all those dusty grammar books that pile up, making everything look so hard? What if we told you there's a better, more enjoyable way to learn Spanish and grow your vocabulary exponentially? Well, guess what? There is! The best way to learn Spanish is by hearing short stories.

UK's best-selling language learning audio series. This full course takes you from complete beginner in Spanish to complete confidence. It is the perfect companion for holidays and business trips abroad. Easy to use - fast, flexible and portable. Easy to follow - just listen, speak and learn. Easy to learn - no complex grammar Whether you're a beginner or you want to refresh and build upon your existing knowledge, you can become confident in Spanish without even having to pick up a pen.

Each lesson of Italian Level 1 Lessons 1-5provides 30 minutes of spoken language practice, with an introductory conversation and new vocabulary and structures. Detailed instructions enable you to understand and participate in the conversation.

Designed to teach you to speak Spanish while on the go, Power Spanish I Accelerated is a refreshingly intense, upbeat and positive audiobook language program whose 144 Study Units establish a challenging pace and friendly tone that are designed to keep you constantly motivated and learning to speak and understand Latin American Spanish at optimal speed. Expert language teacher Mark Frobose talks you through the program in English while several trained native female and male Latin American Spanish speakers teach you Spanish the way it is really spoken.

Michel Thomas Beginner Spanish, Lesson 4

The Michel Thomas Method teaches everyday conversational language that will allow you to communicate in a wide variety of situations, empowered by the ability to create your own sentences and use the language instinctively, having absorbed the vocabulary and grammatical structures. These all-audio courses were perfected over 25 years by gifted linguist and teacher Michel Thomas, and provide an accelerated method for language learning that is truly revolutionary.

Master the Spanish verbs amar, temer, partir, ser, estar, dormir, ir, pedir, poder, haber, tener, jugar - with no memorization! Using repetition exercises designed to build your reflexes, the drills will help you develop an instinct to select the correct verb form naturally, with no more hesitations. Pronounce Spanish verbs the right way: The drills are narrated by a Spanish speaker and guaranteed to help you learn and practice correct pronunciation - as it is spoken today.

Michel Thomas Beginner Spanish, Lesson 2

The Michel Thomas Method teaches everyday conversational language that will allow you to communicate in a wide variety of situations, empowered by the ability to create your own sentences and use the language instinctively, having absorbed the vocabulary and grammatical structures. These all-audio courses were perfected over 25 years by gifted linguist and teacher Michel Thomas, and provide an accelerated method for language learning that is truly revolutionary.

Publisher's Summary

The Pimsleur® Method: the easiest, fastest way to learn a new language. Completely portable, easily downloadable, and lots of fun. You'll be speaking and understanding in no time flat!

Spanish Level 1 Lessons 1-5builds on material taught in prior lessons. Each lesson provides 30 minutes of spoken language practice, with an introductory conversation and new vocabulary and structures. Detailed instructions enable you to understand and participate in the conversation. Each lesson contains practice for vocabulary introduced in previous lessons. The emphasis is on pronunciation and comprehension and on learning to speak Spanish.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio.

What the Critics Say

"Pimsleur programs provide plenty of positive reinforcement that will keep learners on track, and we found that Pimsleur gave us more proficiency and confidence in speaking the new language than any of the other language programs we reviewed." (AudioFile magazine)

If used as instructed , the vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation can be gained with increasing confidence. The main bugbear is an assumption that the student will be American and they will converse with South Americans.

I've wanted to learn Spanish for years. I took two years in school and recall beginning to think in Spanish. I know that should be an indication that I have some aptitude, but all it and those years amounted to later was knowing what the Taco Bell dog said before reading the subtitle. I've tried every book and audio book that my library had to offer. I've spent $150 on a DVD set that promised great things. I was doing research on the best price for Rosetta Stone when I stumbled onto this method. Since I'd tried audio books before, I was skeptical, but since using credits on Audible made it such a great price, I decided to try it. And I have been surprised at the easy results! Because this method uses only audio, I'm not hampered by years of training in English pronunciation. Now instead of trying to fit the H into hablo, I hear it as "ablo". As the mother of a four-year-old, I understand the need to learn to speak before reading and writing. That doesn't mean that I can't learn to read it later, just as my son is learning to read English despite our idiosyncrasies. There is a free sample with the introduction and first lesson on Audible. Try it and you'll see.

133 of 144 people found this review helpful

lucilu

19/07/15

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Performance

Story

"Not worth the price."

Any additional comments?

The lessons are short and expensive. Very little new material is covered with each lesson, so at the end of the day I feel like I paid a lot of money for very little in terms of knowledge gained. If the price were reduced significantly, or the lessons were acquired during a really good sale then they might be worth it.

57 of 63 people found this review helpful

Jack

San Francisco

16/04/15

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Performance

Story

"A little slow"

Only learned about 20 words. A little slow for me. I really like the style if teaching, though. Would recommend this for absolute beginners, not for people that already know some spanish

13 of 14 people found this review helpful

Amazon Customer

United States

21/01/11

Overall

"Great way to learn Spanish!!!"

I listen to learn conversational Spanish and it is so easy to follow and learn. I would recommend this to anyone!!!

38 of 43 people found this review helpful

fiona

Bowen Mountain, Australia

21/02/13

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Performance

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"Don't waste your money or credit"

What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?

I am very disappointed that I paid money for a thirty minute introduction, and not one word of Spanish was spoken or taught. There was nothing in the blurb that told me I was buying an introduction. It should have been included in the first lesson rather than a separate audio book. I feel rather ripped off.

What could Pimsleur have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?

Don't charge for the instructions, include that in your first lesson

Would you be willing to try another one of the narrator’s performances?

I have no issue with the narrator

If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from Spanish Phase 1, Unit 01-05?

I think I've made my point

Any additional comments?

This is the first poor review I have written but I feel so angry about this that I was compelled to complain

258 of 300 people found this review helpful

Candace

RIVERSIDE, CA, United States

15/01/12

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Performance

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"Fantastic method for learning Spanish!"

Where does Spanish Phase 1, Unit 01-05 rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

I have found this method to be a quick, easy method for learning to speak spanish. You can go back and review previous sections, chapters if need be and/or continue forward with learning as they suggest. I have found that doing a half hour each day works extremely well. I am super pleased with Pimsleur and would highly recommend it to anyone.

33 of 38 people found this review helpful

Janet H. Maddox

Atlanta, GA

15/09/14

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Performance

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"I recommend the Pimsleur Sp[anish course."

I am currently in lesson 21, but I decided to write the review for lessons 1-5 since this is where beginners begin!

A year of Spanish in college years ago and a number of sessions with Coffee Break Spanish did not provide me with the useful knowledge that just the first 20 lessons with Pimsleur have provided. I recommend giving it a try if you want to learn some conversational Spanish that you might actually use at some time. I am searching out every Spanish speaker I can find to practice on. What fun!

20 of 23 people found this review helpful

Shannon J. Behrens

Concord, CA USA

09/10/13

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Performance

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"Loved it. Helped me in the real world."

Any additional comments?

I just finished Pimsleur Spanish phases 1-3 which I bought on audible.com. In short, I thought they were fantastic!<br/><br/>Each phase consists of 30 units, each about 30 minutes long. Hence, I did 90 units altogether. That sounds like a lot, but I did almost all of them while driving to and from work when I worked in Mountain View. I streamed them from my phone through my stereo using bluetooth.<br/><br/>Before I started, I already had a decent grasp of Spanish. However, I started Pimsleur Spanish from scratch. I'm normally a very visual learner, and Spanish is a pretty easy language to learn visually since it's so phonetic. However, I needed something to do while driving upwards of three hours a day, and this fit the bill. I really like how conversational it is. It constantly pushes you to say new things in new situations using your existing knowledge of vocabulary and grammar.<br/><br/>I know that some people have said that they thought Pimsleur Spanish was a little boring compared to Rosetta Stone. However, Rosetta Stone requires you to be in front of a computer, and I needed something that I could do while driving. By the way, I recommend only attempting this on long, fairly boring freeway trips. It takes up a little too much mental bandwidth to attempt on city streets.<br/><br/>After studying Spanish for several months, I was able to give a technical talk in Spanish in Mexico City. Doing the talk live was terrifying, and I'll admit that my voice was shaking quite a bit. However, later I did a screencast of it, Esto es Dart. That went pretty well.

35 of 41 people found this review helpful

Brian Stepanek

Fresno

16/02/17

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Performance

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"Good method, but not very practical vocab"

This book wasn’t for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?

Not really anyone...

What could Pimsleur have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?

I like the method that Pimsleur uses to teach Spanish, but I am disappointed with the vocab that they choose to use. I bought this course to test it out even though I already speak a fair amount of Spanish. I both wanted to see how the Pimsleur method works so I could decide whether I wanted to buy one of their courses for a language that I am not familiar with and to decide whether the full course would be a good refresher for my Spanish skills. <br/><br/>I found that the course uses a lot of terms (vocabulary) that are not really very widely used. For example, the course tries to teach you the term "norteamericano" as the term that Spanish speakers use to refer to people from the United States. However, in all of my travels in Latin America and Spain, I've never heard this term. I was so curious that I asked native speakers in Mexico, Panama, and Colombia, and all of them said that the term is never used, and that "de los estados unidos" is the most frequently used term (in addition to the 'spanglish' "US").<br/><br/>This was not the only example of teaching vocab that's never used in everyday, practical speech. "Encantado" is only ever used when one person has a romantic interest in the other; the course would have you believe that it's the proper way to say "nice to meet you" (the most common way to say that is "mucho gusto." Again, people in three different Spanish speaking countries agreed with this. There are a few other examples of impractical vocab in this course, and that's only in the first 5 lessons. <br/><br/>In summary, I am hesitant to purchase this course for other languages if the Spanish version is teaching impractical vocab.<br/>

4 of 4 people found this review helpful

Tracy Oulman

Bozeman, MT United States

21/01/14

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Performance

Story

"Spanish for Dummies"

If you could sum up Spanish Phase 1, Unit 01-05 in three words, what would they be?

Easy, intuitive, and strategic

Any additional comments?

I have attempted to take in-person Spanish classes, learn from books, and other recordings. I have learned more in lessons 1-5 than any other forum.

13 of 15 people found this review helpful

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